The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-10-29
Worse, and More Of LIT.

,.ap,tor Eustis announced an axiom III III,
sn4rrh Thursday It will live il history
nerr,l can live under IA white mau SoSeia
1ueut but It white Dian cannot I'VE unuet
ncgru government. .'-Ouaehlta telegraph
H. strikes US that when two negroes were
s,1nooled into a Democratic legislative eau
ems. 79 order to give Mr. Eustis the caucus
1,,,i,, alton over Ml1 Jonas, which was prac-
t,.s,Ilv au election IN the United States s':n
ate Mr. E.ustis was heavily undef nesrq gov
erument- lie g"t III So---''St HSSA'AS
ucFat- ..t,s
x, rha ,boy,, extract was N ade the other day
by tn,, n D. Pitayuue- Referring to IT, tne
! West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter says:
( W.. believe there are certain matlefs-po
. G,;.st s.ci,l and eommercial-Which are not
hettered bv ventisutiou and discussion
througb the public prints; and OF this nature
is the manner iu which certain poilsicai e,ias
are achieved. But since the Picayuhe mas
found it necessary ~ to ventliate thas MATTEL @
| it is well Tor the sake Of history, that eer-
tain little episode affecting Gen. Glbsoh De
- eart!ed at the present time we enter no
denial AS To to the truth OF the Flcayuhes
statemeut will, regard to the manner III
which Hon. j. b. Eustis secured MS eieeeion
~, tI,a Tinted States Senate nor do we affirm
II M far as the election of MI. Eustls ID con-
,.nrned the Facts of the case are that the Two
neur,es whose votes played such PROMINENT
watt thergln were elected from Madison parish
~ Demetfats and, as such animated anu wv
j all y:tI. the Democrats on all party measures
fhese neyrnes were entitled to sit in Demo
,r,tie caucus aud Irticipate III the election
al :, United States sanaeer, and they.dld SO.
R,a now, as a little ma. of history, let
Ms take il retrospective glance PACK 10 ~, ane
raar 1880. mt which time ex- Gov John MeLh,
a.,, ,nI Gen, Randall Lee GibSon were rival
candidates for the United States Senate. ln
eSa ta,i-lature at that time was Simon Sha-
f. ~ coal black negro from Tensas parish,
a., aruwed Republican, who was W some pc
culiar process brought into the Democfatle
| Hon Il. l.. Gibson, who poses before the peo
~ To-day as the incarnation OF Reform and
H. ,ninfasseuee of ;til that is pure anu noiS
in Nineteenth Century politics. he was erect
. a.f Now. mark you the sequel Hao THIS LIE .
-,rt, continued to act with the Demoerals 'al
Fay fh4 eiecGion oil u Senator, some Justtnea
: tsnt, To-; f,tat shady business might be urgea
!, I,nt. tbe varst of the whole matter Is that nf
e s.,,.,,ar had the election of Mr.. Gibson Deer
+ .jousummi4te ed than the sable Shaeuer marcnet
T hayk into the Radical caucus, ana CONF nusa
Q thsreaffer. until the end of his term, 10 ac
!. and vote Us q Repubileah Win tho "s'oi'''
u members of the Legislature. NJ,
I'm the day following the election Oh M
g q cibsof, as United States Senator, the African
! s,.,tasman from Tensas sported q bran -neV
{, suit of clothes aud exquisite gold staas, oa
: ef eaufse they were presented 70 nlm by aa
% ,,,;ring friends in recognition OF MS supeflp
n sbitiiS in distinguishing between the wees Q
l. ,I,I,n MeEnery tlfe Ringster. as compare
II With the virtues of Gen. Randall Lee Gibson
"a tbe Reformer, whom he helped elect
If cur senier Senator can fefuGe lnes
II st.,5eme,ts let him do so if not, it would h
b well f.er him to cease posing in the Lam u
8 ,ier-than-thon attitude in matters poiitlcai
= = r. seems 10 us that the sks-wiping orat"l
= : a,nnna our Nichols friends, who have rn
- the third term argument for all IT Is wort
~ hase been slightly set oaek WITHIN tne pa
N few aays bv acts of leading Democrats, whis
~ ~ thev fafiy approve It has been telegraph
" thaI n combination has been entered INTO
h' the friends respectively of Cleveland al
- HIIl the object OF which is partly to secu
~ tl. reelection of D, 3. Hill to the goyerna
70 sbin of New York. Now Governor Hill
e. f,,4 same category as Gov. McEnery. VIII
izragar Cleveland resigned the office OF go
ar,,nr he was succeeded By Liantenant-do
esnor Hill At the next election the iatt
ia was elected governor and is now Eiii1g
oil h.s term II he is elected again be viii
tiIIinv what the Nichols men call a tAi
q faru,r Aud vet the leading men OF the par
Tor =. New York can see 10 harm I'D 1t, thoh
zee his oawer is infinitely greater tnan thae
II 1.av..ruor McEnery Nor do good Democra
mt elsewI,ere see any harm in it. Even IL Lou
DOC :a,,., m.tny of the Democrats OF the Nicno
ian ,s.,s,.;,sit,n have put themselves on record
use ERa.rfiisz endorsing it, What is good for I
ang s. ,rts,.i for MeEuery fhe third term has
pfs tarrefs for aicn who think about it. We b;
to Shown that governors Of the old states hl
/ been knowa to serve as MANY as seven
to sleyv terms. The only thing about tn
mn term objectionable, IS sort OF aentlmenta
500, i, refeeenee TO the presidential ofnee
ng. cause Washington set the example hoe 70
ore heyoI,d two teruas,. Hill will be elected
lay So will McEnery. Nobody Will theii eo
ods Ihe number of their terms.
II and we can not refrain from saying
and here is another instance OF inconsistency !
rear ed TO the long list OF Wiilch the leAai :
var have been gailty.-Ex.